It was replaced by Kingdoms of Buganda, Bunyoro, Ankole, Toro and Busoga, and the chieftains of Beni-Butembo and Husi (in Congo); and Karagwe and Buhaya (in Tanzania).

Examples are the Nyangire-Abaganda rebellion of Bunyoro and Ankole, which was against the Baganda chiefs whom the colonial administration deployed in Bunyoro after the fall the fall of the Omukama (king) Kabalega; the Nyabingi cult of Kigezi; the Lamogi of the Lamogi clan of Acholi.

The Mubende-Banyoro Association was formed in 1921 and revived in 1931 by E. Kaliisa to pressurize for the return of Bunyoro's lost counties from Buganda.

Until otherwise agreed upon by the Governor and the Mukama the Obukama bwa Bunyoro-Kitara shall be divided into the six counties or sazas at present existing, viz, the Saza of Bugahya, Buhaguzi, Bujenje, Buruli, Kibanda and Kihukya.

The Mukama and his sons shall be exempt from payment of poll tax; the Katikiro and such other ministers (if any) as the Mukama, with the consent of the Governor, shall appoint the Saza Chiefs and the Muketo shall be exempt from payment of poll tax whilst holding office.

If, however, the Native Government desire to exploit any forest, which is not being developed or exploited by direction of the Governor, and exploitation or development of which does not form part of any general plan approved of by the Governor, then their wishes will receive the sympathetic consideration of the Government.

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The Bito type of state, in contrast with that of the Hima, was established in Bunyoro, which for several centuries was the dominant political power in the region.

Although some of these ambitions might be fulfilled by the Bunyoro king's (omukama) granting his kin offices as governors of districts, there was always the danger of coup d'état or secession by overambitious relatives.

Thus, in Bunyoro, periods of political stability and expansion were interrupted by civil wars and secessions.

Uganda was the site of several powerful kingdoms, most notably Buganda and Bunyoro, before the arrival of European colonists in the late 19th century.

On Baker’s second trip, in 1872, Kabarega, the Bunyoroomukama, attacked Baker out of fear that his subjects would become vulnerable to slave raids from Sudan, and forced Baker’s withdrawal.

In 1894 Britain declared a protectorate over all of present-day Uganda and began the expansion of its control by invading Bunyoro in 1893 and 1894 and removing its king, Kabarega, whose troops were raiding areas under British control.

Bunyoro however demanded that this transfer must be effected before the start of the Constitutional Conference scheduled for June 12, 1961.

This demand by Bunyoro, coupled with that from Buganda that she would not participate in the conference unless her financial relationship was regularized before then, sparked off speculations about the success of the conference.

Majugo, a member of the Bunyoro delegation, declared on his return to Uganda, that Independence Day, 9 October, would be "a funeral in Bunyoro" and that Bunyoro would not be part of the independence celebrations.

The kingdom was founded as a secessionist state in 1830 by Prince Olimi I, a prince of the legendary Bunyoro Kitara empire.

The ban was widely celebrated mainly due to the fact that half of the population of Uganda comes from ethnic groups where the institution of kings was never a part of their history.

This paved the way for the coronation of Prince Ronald Mutebi as the 26th Kabaka of Buganda; the late Prince Patrick Olimi Kaboyo, Omukama of Toro; Prince Solomon Iguru, Omukama of Bunyoro; and the coronation this February of Prince Henry Wako Muloki as the 3rd Kyabazinga (President of the Council of Hereditary Chiefs) of Busoga.

Opened in 1910, Duhaga Boys' School is known was the pride of Bunyoro.

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Source: His Majesty, Omukama Iguru I (before his coronation).

I believe that the flag must be the current one, slighty different from the previous flag but close to the older flag now.

The older flag, from a document in the Flag Research Center based on a memorandum of the District Commissioner of Homia (15 Dec 1934) the flag is as pictured with arms in white lined fl.

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The Chairman was speaking last evening during the colourful 10th coronation (Empango) anniversary celebrations of the Omukama of Tooro Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru.

Omukama Oyo Kabamba Iguru welcomed Chairman Museveni and assured him that the people of Tooro are united in celebrating the Chairman’s recent re-election victory.

During the celebrations, the Omukama of Bunyoro Kitara Solomon Gafabusa Iguru and the mother of Omukama Oyo Kabamba Iguru led the celebrants in a ceremonial dance to mark the victory of all Ugandans in Chairman Museveni’s re-election.

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Ugandans who settled after 1982 without authority or proof of ownership of the land on which they are settled must either be asked to leave and go back to their places of origin or be resettled on government land.

It is recommended that the existing resettlement camps in Bunyoro be immediately closed and their leaders laid off, and that no new settlers should be allowed into the camps.

Any new resettlements in Bunyoro region should be stopped by the Government except for those entrants who have land sale agreements between them and bona fide land owners in the area and are merely executing those agreements.

The pre-colonial period that came with the arrival of the “Abaisengobi clan,” Basoga of Bunyoro origin and the emergency of the early English explorers such as John Hannington Speke and James Grant who opened the door for the British influence in Uganda.

In 1925, Ezekiel Tenywa Wako became a member of Uganda Kings Council consisting of the Kabaka of Buganda, the Omukama of Bunyoro, Omukama of Tooro and Omugabe of Ankole.

In 1949, the Busoga Lukiiko resolved that the Kyabazinga Isebantu shall always be elected from the five Princes' lineages of Abaise Ngobi (Ababiito) hereditary rulers; the five sons of Omukama of Bunyoro who migrated to Busoga from Bunyoro.